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Who Owns The Magic Mirror?


Once Upon A Time there were five castles, each a different color, each inhabited by a 9th Kingdom citizen of a different nationality. Each has there own preferences for a certain dish and beverage and they each own a different magical item. From the details listed below answer these questions:


Who drinks the swamp water? and Who owns the magic mirror?


  • The elf lives in a pink castle.
  • The half-wolf owns the magic axe.
  • Merrypip's apple cider is drunk in the green castle.
  • The human drinks royal punch.
  • The green castle is just right of the purple castle.
  • The magic mushroom eater owns a singing ring.
  • The baked beanstalk eater lives in the yellow castle.
  • Gypsy tea is drunk in the middle castle.
  • The troll lives in the first castle.
  • The chicken eater lives in the castle next to the owner of the magic shoes.
  • Baked Beanstalk is eaten in the castle next to the castle where the magic bird is kept.
  • The Peep's lambchop eater drinks milk.
  • The dwarf eats bacon sandwiches.
  • The troll lives next door to the blue castle.


Note: This brain teaser was originally called "Who Owns The Zebra?" but I modified it for The 10th Kingdom. In order to solve this puzzle, you need to sort the five items of each category according to the details above until there are only two categories left over. Below is a grid that you can print and use to help solve the puzzle.




Castle 1 Castle 2 Castle 3 Castle 4 Castle 5
Color __________ __________ __________ __________ __________
Nationality __________ __________ __________ __________ __________
Food __________ __________ __________ __________ __________
Drink __________ __________ __________ __________ __________
Magic __________ __________ __________ __________ __________



Categories:

Castle Color Nationality Food Drink Magic
Blue Dwarf Bacon Sandwiches Gypsy Tea Magic Axe
Green Elf Baked Beanstalk Merrypip's Apple Cider Magic Bird
Pink Half-Wolf Chicken Milk Magic Mirror
Purple Human Magic Mushrooms Royal Punch Magic Shoes
Yellow Troll Peep's Lambchops Swamp Water Singing Ring

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